Yeah … so last night I pulled the truck into the driveway. My turn appears to have been a teensy bit too wide.
Crunch!
I suppose that’s the risk of planting flowers right next to the driveway … and of being a bad driver.
The flowers might recover, but my pride is fatally wounded. Ugh!
Betty Green in North Carolina got her mystery plant identified, and she wanted to let us all know what she found out. Thanks Betty!
Hi , since I e-mailed you about this flower, I have had a lady that knew a lady that would know and sure enough she did. It is a Mexican [...]
FYI for anybody who lives north of Boston:
Salem Sound Coastwatch, in conjunction with the Greenscapes North Shore Coalition, is sponsoring a free workshop on “Lawn Care Basics,” Wednesday, Aug. 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Danvers Senior Center, 25 Stone Street, Danvers.
The purpose of the workshop is to teach people the fundamentals of [...]
My Yard Dirt column this week was about mulch and how I’m suffering now with weeds because I didn’t put down fresh mulch in the spring.
Carole Gura, a master gardener in Salisbury, Mass. and all-around gardening guru, called to make a suggestion.
Rather than have a mountain of mulch delivered to your driveway — a scary [...]
Does this flower look familiar to anybody?
A blog reader is looking help with identification:
This is a bulb flower that I planted in my flower garden. It took about 2 years to make a bloom and this year I have an orange one. I bought the bulbs and have missed writing down what kind they are. [...]
We just got back from a long weekend out of town, and the zucchini was out of control. I picked a bunch right before we left, hoping to avoid the mega-huge zukes but it didn’t matter. Here are the three biggest (yes, they are as long as my forearm).
Overall the garden is growing well. Thin [...]
I called the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s free HortLine yesterday for advice about coaxing better blooms out of a passion flower.
Adele Keohan, a master gardener intern, looked up the passion flower and had these general tips to share:
Plant the passion flower in spring, with compost in the hole. Make sure the site has well-drained soil and [...]
OK, folks, here’s a test for any green thumbs out there.
This is from an e-mail that arrived today from a Gloucester Daily Times reader named Marian Pallazola:
Do you know anything about Passion Flowers? I bought a plant when I was visiting my daughter out in Western Mass. I planted it in the yard [...]
I mow my own lawn and, as you can see, I’m not the only female in the family to take on this traditionally male task.
This is my niece Lucy, 4 months old, pushing her mommy, Anna, and their new lawn toy.
Lucy and I are not the only ladies in our family who mow. Lucy’s great-grandmother [...]
This morning on the treadmill I read a really interesting article in Discover Magazine called, “Is Dirt the New Prozac?”
It’s about how dirt — or more specifically, a certain type of bacteria in dirt called Mycobacterium vaccae — seems to put people in a good mood. In this particular study, ground up bacteria injected into [...]
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